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AI isn't coming. It's here and church leaders need to guide well.

Generative artificial intelligence is here, shaping belief and providing advice. Synthetic content is flooding social media. Churches need shepherds able to navigate the new complexity well and guide others through the new territory and its tools with great discernment and faithfulness to God.

5 min read US & Canada

Our children are exposed to unprecedented manipulation and violence online. How are parents to respond?

Exposed to unrestricted social media, our children can become paralyzed by their fear of all kinds of conflict, and as parents, we can become paralyzed in our own fear of guiding them toward peace. To combat false information, we need to teach our children the skills of critical thinking and media literacy.

6 min read US & Canada
The dignity difference between Christianity and Islam

5 min read Europe

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Three Easter gifts every child needs to receive

By explaining three Easter gifts, you can help your children learn about the hope of eternal life with Jesus. Here are three of the best Easter gifts ever given by Jesus' ministry at Easter time.

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How to engage publicly in hostile contexts with truth and love as Christ's ambassadors

We are called to be ambassadors for Christ not antagonist Christians. Yet believers cannot afford to just surrender the public square, we need to engage it with truth and love out of our convictions shaped by Christ, demonstrated by a life of faithfulness to Christ.

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No quiet revival: when confirmation bias masks error

Celebration of the UK's "Quiet Revival" may have suddenly gone quiet but the experience has left the Evangelical Church with valuable lessons to learn—no more so than to be cautious of confirmation bias (believing something is true because you want it to be so). We do well to ensure that what we are celebrating is verifiably accurate.

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Devastating attack in northeastern Nigeria despite the presence of U.S. troops

Gwoza, in northeastern Nigeria, is reeling after a series of attacks that left dozens dead and hundreds displaced in spite of U.S. military presence nearby. The U.S. intervention appears to have had little immediate impact in preventing the massacres of Christians and moderate Muslims in central and northeastern Nigeria.

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Reconciling God with present suffering: a testimony

Having lost her father, her career, and her dream of becoming a mother in quick succession, Meera Davina Mahadevan found herself in a crucible of suffering. Rejecting easy answers, here she shares a fresh reflection on her journey, exploring how faith can survive, and even thrive, in the deep valleys of suffering and loss.

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